We can animate almost any style property of Mapbox elements using ValueAnimator class in Android (minSdk 11). Here’s an example using Mapbox recommended method customization using Source Layer+ Expression Styles:

Style Expression

symbolLayer.setProperties(
        iconSize(get("icon-size"))
);

Animate Property Value

ValueAnimator markerAnimator = new ValueAnimator();
markerAnimator.setObjectValues(1f, 1.5f, 1f);
markerAnimator.setDuration(1200);
markerAnimator.setRepeatCount(ValueAnimator.INFINITE);
markerAnimator.addUpdateListener(animation -> {
    animatePoint.addNumberProperty("icon-size", (float) animation.getAnimatedValue());
    geoJsonSource.setGeoJson(featureCollection);
    //geoJsonSource is of class GeoJsonSource, featureCollection is of clas FeatureCollection and animatePoint is Feature residing in featureCollection
});
markerAnimator.start();

You can, obiviously, use any Expression in style layer with and customize animatation using many customization method of ValueAnimator class (such as duration, repeat, custom interpolator).

Let me know if you any question in comments below.

LocationLayer plugin allows changing most of style defining custom styles in res but for padding we have to use LocationLayerOptions to set padding.
Here’s an example to set padding on top, to shift camera a bit below.

LocationLayerOptions options = locationLayerPlugin
                    .getLocationLayerOptions() // Get current options
                    .toBuilder() // Convert to LocationLayerOptions.Builder
                    .padding(new int[]{0, 800, 0, 0}) // Change padding (Left, Top, Right, Bottom)
                    .build(); // Build back with new padding
                    
locationLayerPlugin.applyStyle(options); //Set new options

It took me a while to figure this, hope this will be helpful for someone. Let me know if you know any better implementation in comments below.

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